William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823) was a Scottish engineer and political economist. The founder of graphical methods of statistics, Playfair invented several types of diagrams: in 1786 he introduced the line, area and bar chart of economic data, and in 1801 he published what were likely the first pie chart and circle graph, used to show part-whole relations. Playfair has been reported to have been a secret agent for the British Government, although this has sometimes been a subject of controversy. (From Wikipedia)
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William Playfair and his charts. ([St. Louis?, 1950), by Roy Wenzlick (page images at HathiTrust)
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Playfair, William, 1759-1823: The Commercial and Political Atlas: Representing, by Means of Stained Copper-Plate Charts, the Progress of the Commerce, Revenues, Expenditure, and Debts of England, During the Whole of the Eighteenth Century (third edition; printed by T. Burton, 1801) (page images here at Penn)
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- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Elémens de statistique, où l'on démontre d'apres un principe entièrement neuf, les ressources de chaque royaume, état et république de l'Europe ... Tr. de l'anglais ... par Dis. Fois. Donnant ... On y a ajouté ... un précis statistique des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, un essai sur la navigation intérieure de ce pays; un tableau des principles divisions du nouveau continent ... etc., etc. (Batilliot jne, Genets jne, an XI, 1802) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: European commerce, shewing new and secure channels of trade with the continent of Europe: detailing the produce, manufactures, and commerce, of Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark and Germany; as well as the trade of the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Ems; with a general view of the trade, navigation, produce, and manufactures, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and its unexplored and improvable resources and interior wealth. Illustrated with a canal and river map of Europe. (W. J. and J. Richardson; [etc., etc.], 1805) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: European commerce : shewing new and secure channels of trade with the continent of Europe: detailing the produce, manufactures, and commerce of Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark and Germany; as well as the trade of the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Ems; with a general view of the trade, navigation, produce, and manufactures, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (Printed and sold by J. Humphreys, 1807) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: A fair and candid address to the nobility and baronets of the United Kingdom; accompanied with illustrations and proofs of the advantage of hereditary rank and title in a free country. (Printed by W. Lewis, pub. for the proprietors of Family Antiquity, 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: For the use of the enemies of England : a real statement of the finances and resources of Great Britain : illustrated by two copper-plate charts / 5 (Printed by C. Whittingham; and sold by John Stockdale, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, 1796) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: France as it is, not Lady Morgan's France (C. Chapple, 1819) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: France as it is, not Lady Morgan's France : in two volumes (Printed by W. McDowall ... for C. Chapple ..., 1819), also by Lady Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: A general view of the actual force and resources of France in January, M.DCC.XCIII. (Stockdale, 1793) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: A general view of the actual force and resources of France, in January, M.DCC.XCIII : to which is added, a table, shewing the depreciation of assignats, arising from their increase in quantity (Printed for John Stockdale, 1793) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: The history of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George II. Being a continuation of Hume. (R. Scholey, 1818), also by Tobias George Smollett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: The history of Jacobinism, its crimes, cruelties and perfidies: comprising an inquiry into the manner of disseminating, under the appearance of philosophy and virtue, principles which are equally subversive of order, virtue, religion, liberty and happiness. (W. Cobbett, 1796) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: The history of Jacobinism, its crimes, cruelties and perfidies : comprising an inquiry into the manner of disseminating under the appearance of philosophy and virtue, principles which are equally subversive of order, virtue, religion, liberty and happiness (Printed for J. Stockdale, 1795) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Inevitable consequences of a reform in Parliament (Printed for John Stockdale ..., 1792) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (Cooke & Hale, 1818), also by Adam Smith and Dugald Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805), also by Adam Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. (Published by Cooke & Hale, 1818), also by Adam Smith and Dugald Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (Printed for Oliver D. Cooke, 1811), also by Adam Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations. (printed for Greenland & Norris, 1805) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations. Designed to shew how the prosperity of the British Empire may be prolonged. (Printed for Greenland and Norris, 1805) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations : Designed to shew how the prosperity of the British empire may be prolonged (Gutenberg ebook)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: A letter on our agricultural distresses, their causes and remedies; accompanied with tables and copper-plate charts, shewing and comparing the prices of wheat, bread, and labour, from 1565 to 1821. Addressed to the Lords and Commons. (Printed for W. Sams, 1821) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: A letter on our agricultural distresses, their causes and remedies; accompanied with tables and copper-plate charts, shewing and comparing the prices of wheat, bread and labour from 1565 to 1821 ... (Sams, 1822) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Political portraits, in this new æra (C. Chapple, 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Political Portraits in this New Era, with explanatory Notes, historical and biographical. (London, 1813) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: A statement, which was made in October, to Earl Bathurst and in November, 1814, to the comte De la Chatre of Bounaparte's plato to re-usurp the crown of France. (Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1815) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Statistical account of the United States of America (Printed for Messrs. Greenland and Norris [Glendinning, Printer], 1805), also by D. F. Donnant (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Thoughts on the present state of French politics, and the necessity and policy of diminishing France, for her internal peace, and to secure the tranquility of Europe (Printed for J. Stockdale, 1793), also by Henry Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Thoughts on the present state of French politics, and the necessity and policy of diminishing France, for her internal peace, and to secure the tranquility of Europe. (Printed for J. Stockdale, 1793), also by Henry Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Playfair, William, 1759-1823: Wealth of nations. (O.D. Cooke, 1811), also by Adam Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
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